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Title: The ornamental trees of Hawaii
Year: 1917 (1910s)
Authors: Rock, Joseph Francis Charles, 1884-1962
Subjects: Trees--Hawaii.
Publisher: Honolulu: (s.n.)
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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ets are oblong, of a bluish huevery strongly veined, distinctly stalked and two to three inches long.The bright yellow flowers, which are not veined, are borne on one-half to one foot-long panicles both axillary and terminal. The podis almost straight, flat, distinctly stalked, six to nine inches long, andone-half inch wide, and of firm texture. It is a native of South India, Burmah, Ceylon, and is also dis-tributed over the Malayan Peninsula and Siam. As already stated,it is a moderate-sized tree, with smooth bark. The sapwood iswhitish and rather large, the heartwood brown or almost black,rather hard and durable. In Burmah the wood is employed for mallets and walking-sticks,while in India, especially South India, little is known of it, but isconsidered a fine fuel in Ceylon. In Honolulu the tree has been more or less extensively plantedin private grounds especially along King and Beretania streets, whereit can be easily recognized by its long terminal as well as axillary Plate XLII.
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Cassia siamea Lam.Flowering and fruiting specimen. Leguminosae. 101 panicles of yellow flowers. The exact date of introduction into thisTerritory is not known to the writer, but dates back evidently tothe time of Dr. W. Hillebrand in the early seventies. It flowers inlate summer and the early part of autumn when all of our othershowy leguminous trees have laid down their bright colored robes. Cassia alata Linn. ACAPULCO OR APULCO. Cassia alata is a small, short-lived shrub, with thick, downybranches, the equally pinnate leaves are from one and a half totwo feet long; the leaflets, of which there are sixteen to twenty-eight per leaf, are oblong, have a broad apex and increase in sizeupward. The inflorescence is terminal, spike-like often a foot anda half long and bears large yellow flowers. The pods are straight,and have a papery wing running from end to end, hence the namealata (winged). The bark is useful as tanning material in India. The leaves,which enjoy a medicinal reputation amo

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